DESTINY RESET UPDATE 6:

Now that we've had a chance to really examine more about Destiny 2's Iron Banner event, we've been able to put together a guide explaining how you can get as many Tokens for the vendor as quickly as possible.

These Tokens can be exchanged for loot - getting 20 Tokens will level up the Iron Banner vendor and allow you to nab some of the event-exclusive loot.

But you only get 2 Tokens per loss - to get the 5 you're rewarded per win (and more besides) you need to be pretty good at the game.

You can start by looking at the gallery below and familiarising yourself with Destiny 2's newest map - Distant Shores - and learning it. That'll help you win a few matches.

Destiny 2 PvP Map - Distant Shore Screenshots

Take a look at the new Destiny 2 PvP map known as Distant Shore.

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DESTINY RESET UPDATE 5:

More information about this week's reset is coming out - below you can find exactly what rewards you can expect from the newly-added Iron Banner, as well as what Nightfall you'll be playing this week.We've also just added what Tess will be selling at the Eververse store for the coming week:

YouTuber FaffyDuck has also added a guide about where you can find this week's Cayde chests on Nessus (the Milestone location). Check out the video above.

We've also just added what Tess will be selling at the Eververse store for the coming week:

Eververse:

Dancehall and Bureaucratic Walk.

"Ego and Squid" Exotic Ship.

Merciless and Rat King ornament kits.

Accessory of Optimacy.

SurosModuler Shine, Xenosilver and Nebula Rose shaders.

DESTINY RESET UPDATE 4:

As players are getting to know more about Destiny 2's first ever Iron Banner, we're learning some fun and interesting things about how Bungie has changed things up for the sequel.

Interestingly, in Destiny 2's Iron Banner, Lord Saladin is the announcer - taking over the duty from Lord Shaxx (who had the previous honor of yelling at your in the Crucible).

For players of the first Destiny game - and its various expansions - there's a little easter egg hidden in the OST, too: there are elements of the game's Rise Of Iron soundtrack embedded in the new music.

It's a nice little touch.

DESTINY RESET UPDATE 3:

The Iron Banner is now live!

Guardians keen to get new gear will need to play Control games in the event to get new gear, and they'll have to grind out 10 levels of faction rep in order to complete this season's challenge and acquire powerful gear.

There's a large paragraph explaining what's new in the Iron Banner and some new information about the event further down this page, but for now, here's all of the loot you'll be able to nab for playing this timed mode this week:

DESTINY RESET UPDATE 2:

Following this morning's weekly update to Destiny 2, we've seen some more details about specifically what players will be tasked with over the next seven days in Bungie's shared world shooter.

Nightfall: The Inverted Spire

Modifiers

Attrition - No health regeneration. Restore your health by defeating enemies who will drop ‘Well of Light’ for you to pick up

Killing Time - Defeat enemies to gain time

Flashpoint:

• Complete public events on Nessus

Leviathan Raid rotation:

Baths > Gauntlet > Dogs > Calus

Iron Banner Milestones:

Daily - Complete 3 challenges in the Iron Banner

Today's Challenges:

Catharsis: Defeat 5 opponents in a single lifeDeath Averse: Complete a match with a personal efficiency rating of 1.0Objectively Awesome: Capture 5 zones during a match of control.

Seasonal - Collect 10 rank up packages during Iron Banner Season 1

DESTINY RESET UPDATE:

Bungie has delayed the start of the Leviathan Prestige Raid which has now been postponed until next week at 10AM Pacific 10/18.

"An exploit has been discovered in the Leviathan Raid that causes the encounters to be stripped of their intended challenge," declared the Bungie Blog last night.

"To allow time to fix this issue, we are delaying the start of the Prestige Raid until next week. It’s important to us that the team who earns World First status doesn’t have their legacy tarnished by doubt, skepticism, or uncertainty."

The new start time for the Prestige Raid is Wednesday, October 18, at 10AM Pacific.

Bungie has also added a brand new PVP map, known as Distant Shore (see below), to commemorate the start of the Iron Banner event.

It looks like the map will only be available for the next week with the new Iron Banner event.

However, following the conclusion of the Iron Banner Event, Distant Shore will be available in all playlists.

Bungie has announced that the week-long crucible event will start October 10, 2AM Pacific, which is 10AM in the UK and just after the games Weekly Reset.

It will end October 17, 2AM Pacific, which again is 10AM in the UK.

The game type is Control, which for those who don't recall requires players to control zones across the map. More Iron Banner specifics can be found underneath

What’s different?• Combat will be between two teams of four players• Your fighting abilities, not your power levels, will decide the outcome• Bounties and Ranks have been replaced with an Iron Banner Engram

How can you compete?• Complete the Destiny 2 campaign – the only way to reach the Tower• Visit Lord Saladin in the Tower to begin the Iron Banner Quest• Fight in the Iron Banner playlist with Quickplay modes and matchmaking

What’s in it for you?• Earn Iron Banner Tokens in every match (earn more if you win)• Daily and Season* Milestones that track your progress to glory• Claim brand new armor wrought in the forges of the Iron Lords

To access Iron Banner, you will need to have finished the campaign before finding Lord Saladin in the Tower.

After speaking to Lord Saladin, you'll unlock an Iron Banner quest, which once complete will grant you access to the Iron Banner in the director and it's many exotic rewards, weapons and armour, some of which can be seen underneath.

Bungie

Leviathan Raid

The weekly Bungie blog surprised everyone and confirmed much more than The Iron Banner event, but also details of when players can partake in the Leviathan Raid for the first time with the Prestige difficulty enabled.

A message on the Bungie blog reads:

"Combat against other Guardians not your thing? The ultimate PVE challenge also arrives in your Director on Tuesday at 10AM Pacific. The morning after the weekly reset begins a new invitation from Calus to join him for the Prestige Raid."

As mentioned previously, it's not clear how Bungie will tweak the raid, but players expect something more than just a higher difficulty, and reading the Bungie blog, that's exactly what it sounds like Bungie has in store:

"We do not expect everyone to be successful in completing this activity. Mechanical changes to the encounters are minimal, but they are there.

"The Prestige Raid is about mastering a more punishing sandbox. Our goal is not to provide a boon to your character progression, but there are unique rewards to help you shine.

"Consider this your invitation to prove to the world that you are among the very best of the Raiders who overlook the City. World First will be counted. We can tell you no more.

Take a look at some of the leaked Destiny 2 Prestige Raid Gear you'll be able to obtain.

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Faction Rally

The Destiny 2 Faction Rally concluded last week, with a victory for the space goths, Dead Orbit--, as confirmed by Bungie and a MASSIVE flag in the Tower.

"The banners that fly in the Tower tell a truth that we have all known for some time: Dead Orbit is the faction that rules the hearts of the most Guardians," Bungie wrote on their blog last Friday.

"Do they all think they look better in black? Or are they just a generally moody bunch? We may never know the true motivations that sent them into the wild to express their loyalty through action.

"What we know for certain is that Arach Jalaal is the champion of this first Faction Rally. His victory was not undisputed. Each faction put some respectable points on the board.

"Once the 61 Million reward packages were counted, Dead Orbit emerged the most profitable faction by a margin of more than 2 Million. New Monarchy was a close second. Future War Cult was an even closer third."

That wasn't the end of the Faction Rally though, as all last week Guardians have been able to trade in their tokens and buy the special Dead Orbit Haunted Earth scout rifle.

"There will be a significant discount if you pledged your loyalty to [Dead Orbit] during the event. The winning faction’s weapon can be purchased anytime during victory week, which lasts until the next reset."

For those of you who didn't pledge to Dead Orbit, you can still buy the Haunted Earth, but at a steep price of 50,000 Glimmer.

Nightfall Strike

The past week has seen Destiny 2 Guardians taking on the Nightfall Strike for Savathun’s Song with Momentum and Timewarp 'Anomalies' modifiers active, but following the weekly reset, players will have yet another brand new Nightfall to experience.

For anyone not in the know, a Destiny 2 Nightfall Strike is essentially higher-difficulty variations of each existing Destiny 2 Strike.

During a Nightfall Strike, enemies are usually tougher and differing enemies may appear in clusters as you encounter them throughout the mission, compared to a usual Strike.

In addition, Bungie normally adds certain modifiers to each Nightfall Strike which make the process even more difficult. For example, enemies could have increased aim accuracy, or more enemies could have shields.

Alternatively, it might be modifiers which impact the player, such as players taking more damage while airborne or having the player radar completely disabled.

However, it's impossible to know what Nightfall Strike will replace Savathun’s Song as we no longer have a roadmap to refer to.

Stay tuned for details as soon as the Weekly reset is complete.

Where is Xur today? Destiny 2 location and new exotic gear for October 6-10 REVEALED

Where is Xur today in Destiny 2? And what is he selling? Let us answer that by showing you what the Agent of the Nine has in stock to spend your Legendary Shards on...

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Xur - October 6-10

This week, players asking 'Where is Xur?' had to visit the European Dead Zone near the Winding Cove area of the map to discover what he was selling.

In past week's players have been able to pick up the Merciless Fusion Rifle and Wardcliff Coil Rocket Launcher. But this week Guardians can pick up a lot of good armour and weapons.

But players don't have long to trade in their Legendary Shards for Xur's loot.

As mentioned, this week Xur can be found on the European Dead Zone as a marked Vendor on the map near Winding Cove. He's selling the below stock:

• Vigilance Wing Pulse Rifle - 29 Legendary Shards

• Foetracer Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards

• An Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards

• Nezarec's Sin Warlock Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards

For a closer look at his inventory, take a look at the gallery above.

TRIALS OF THE NINE - October 6-10

As with every Tuesday reset, Trials of the Nine is rotated out of the Destiny 2 Crucible PvP mode.

This week marked the first time Guardians could prove themselves worthy on the European Dead Zone Map, The Dead Cliffs.

The mode for this week was Survival and there's still time to earn some of that amazing Trials of the Nine loot before the mysterious Nine depart for another week.

But as a reminder, Players must complete the Destiny 2 campaign, the Call to Arms Milestone at least once, and have 260 Power for access to Trials of the Nine.